Modernization

Issa seeks info on White House e-mail use

Rep. Darrell Issa, the senior Republican on the House Oversight panel, is asking the White House to clarify its policies on staffers using personal e-mail accounts such as Gmail.

Modernization

Survey to check attitudes on privacy, services

GSA is looking for a contractor to conduct online surveys to find out how people want to receive information about the federal government.

Cybersecurity

ISIMC chooses candidates to co-chair subcommittees

The CIO Council’s new Information Security and Identity Management Committee has named co-chairmen to the subcommittees that will work to identify and recommend strategic IT security initiatives designed to strengthen agencies' data and network protection efforts.

Modernization

As NMCI wraps, question of what is next looms

The next generation of NMCI is likely to be the end of the single-vendor model, but it's far from clear what the Navy will replace it with.

Modernization

CANES to consolidate shipboard networks

As the Navy prepares to rework its shore-based networks under the Next Generation Enterprise Network, a parallel effort is under way to streamline the networks on ships.

Modernization

Mobile do’s and don’ts

Government agencies are launching special versions of their Web sites designed to load quickly onto the small screens of mobile phones and other handheld devices.

Modernization

Who else is going mobile

Here are some of the states and agencies that have created Web sites tailored to mobile users.

Digital Government

IBM delivers rural broadband over power lines

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Digital Government

Study says public needs to know more about health IT benefits

Trade-off between privacy and improving medical care is biggest hurdle for consumers.

Digital Government

Big IT projects for agencies tucked inside stimulus package

State, Social Security Administration, Veterans Affairs receive windfall equal to a significant portion of their annual IT budgets.

Cybersecurity

DHS gets new privacy chief

Mary Ellen Callahan, the Homeland Security Department's new chief privacy officer, is an attorney who has specialized in privacy, security, data protection, consumer protection and e-commerce law.

Ideas

Cybersecurity: All Together Now

The latest in what seems to be an endless string of reports that take a stab at solving the nation's cybersecurity failures says more effective coordination, metrics, policies, and training is needed across markets. This seems to be a lesson everyone except government grasps.